Gas-metering system



May 20, 1930.

J. T. WILKIN El AL GAS METERING SYSTEM Filed June 15, 1925 7 m a g k M. w?

Patented May 20, 193 0 UNITED STATES PATENT {OFFICE JOHN T. WILKIN AND CARL R. HOUGHTON, or connnnsvrnrn innmna, ASSIGNORS TO THE connnnsvrmn BLOWER COMPANY, me, or CONNERSVILLELINDIIANA, n

CORPORATION OF INDIANA ensfiunrnnrne SYSTEM 3 Application filed June 13,

There are many instances in gas delivery systems where the demand is a largely fluctuating one, as, for instance, in manufacturing plants operating only a limited number of hours each day, where the demand is heavy during the working period and very light during the non-working period.

In metering the gas flow in such a system it is quite desirable that the meter capacity be. of such character that accurate results may be attained under different loads and where the large Volume meter is of the rotary lobed impeller type, as shown in Patent No. 1,528, 728, there is a possibility that the low load demand may be so small as to be onlyequal to or less than the leakage through the meter and under such conditions the producer must either make an arbitrary leakage charge or lose that volume of his product.

The object of our present invention is to produce a metering system which will accurately measure delivered gas" both 7 when the demand is small and when the demand is great.

The accompanying drawingsillustrate our invention. Fig. 1 isa diagrammatic illustration of our system, no attempt having been made to show the parts in proper proportion, and Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a convenient form of valve for controlling the flow. of motive fluid to the motor for actuating the valve in the supply line of the large volume meter. I

In the drawingslOindicates a supply main and 11 a deliverymain between which our metering system is installed. I

A large-volume meter 12. conveniently but not necessarily of arotary lobed impeller type, referred to above, receives gas from a supply line 13 leading from main 10 and delivers gas through a line 14 leading into main 11. A small volume meter 15, conveniently of the common, and well known tin meter type, receives gas from a pipe 16 leading from main 10 and delivers gas through a pipe 17 into main 11. J

Each-of the meters is provided. with suitable integrators or metering elements 12 and 15 respectively, and the operationof each meter is dependent upon the difl'erential of 1925 .1 SrialiNo. 36,8 19.

pressure between the pressure' in the supply main and the pressure in the delivery main. The supply line 13 of meter 12 is provided with a valve-'20 closed and opened byany suitable automatic means. In the present instance valve 20 is controlled. by piston 21 in a cylinder 22, the opposite ends of which are provided with pressure supply lines 23 and ofthe difierential ofmeter 15. In the pres'-* ent instance said device comprises a diaphragm regulator 33,'the diaphragm of which is'connected to stem 32," one side of the chamber being connected by pipe 34 wit-h the supplyline of meter 15 and the other side of the chamber being connected'by pipe 35 with the delivery line of meter15l A dash pot' 36 may be connected to stem 32' so as to movements of said stem.

damp the Inoperation the parts are so adjusted and proportioned thatmeter 15 has a sufl'icient capacity to supply the low .dutydemands of the system, valve 20 at that time being closed and valve 28 being cracked enough to main-v tain pressure through pipe 24 and relieve pressurethrough pipe 23, theposition of stem 1 32 at that-time, under the normal differential of-regulator 33, holding valve 28 inv the de scribed position, governor 30 being station- Whenever the duty demand of the'system exceeds the capacity of meter15 the differential of regulator 33 willincrease and will 1 cause stem 32 to descend, whereupon v'alve28 is shifted to admit pressure through'pipe 23 andrelieve pressure through'pipe 24, where upon valve20' is-openedandmeter 12 begins to operate; Promptly following the start of meter 12 governor 30 operates upon lever 31 to shift valve-28 'to further 'opencommunication between, pipes .261'and' 23thus insuring maintenance of open position of valve 20, because, as soonas the increased demand is being supplied by meter12, the diiferential in I regulator 83 will be reduced to normal,and the return movement of stem32 would otherwise move valve 28 to reverse position. Whenever thejload demand decreases; sufficiently the speed of governor 30 will be de- 7 erased'to a point where itwill move'lever 10 31 backg'w initial position, thus permitting valve to be closed. a V The total consumption for any given period will, of course, be determined by'adding' the readings of the integrators 12and 15 15 7 It will be readily understood'that any de sired means for automatically opening and closing'valvej20, under the joint control of the two meters may be used without depart- 7 ing from the spirit of our invention. 1 2o 1 We'claim as our invention: 1

1.;Ametering system comprising "a supply main, adelivery main, a large volume meter and aisma-llivolume meter in parallel between i 7 said mains, a valve controlling flow through a the largevolume ineter,nieans for automativ cally opening or closing said valve as de-- livery demand respectively exceeds or drops to'a predetermined volume, said means being 7 under-the influence of each of said meters and under the joint influence "of both.

V 2; ;A metering systemcomprising a supply :main, a deliveryimain, alarge-volumermeter and a small-volume meter in parallel between a saidmains, a valve controlling flow through the large-volume meter, means for automatically opening and closing saidvalve, an'da controlling element for said means, means underthe influence'of the pressure difl'erential of the small-volume meter for a fiect- 40 ing s'aid' controlling element, andin'eans affected, by the registering movement of the 'largeevolumemeterl'for affecting said controlling element. V V v r .3. 'Ametering system comprising a supply main, a delivery "main,ailarge volume meter of the rotary element type'arranged between the supplyinain and delivery main, a smallfvolume meter arranged'b'etweenthe supply main anddelivery main, a "valve controlling 5o flow through the large volume meter, a pressure-'difierential regulator subject to the pressure-differential of .fthe small-volume meter, a speed control governor under the influence of the large volume meter, 2, motor for opening and closi'ngthe valve, 'anda con- I trolling means, tor. saidmotor including a member under the joint'influ'en'ce of the regulator'and governor. v j V p :7 In witness whereof, we have' hereuntoset- 30 our hands at Connersville', Indiana, this 51:11

. day of June, 'AgD. one thousandlnine hundred andtwentyfive: a V

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